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This isn’t one on racing but hopefully we’re all horse lovers on here so I thought I’d bring this despicable situation to people’s attention.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a … =1770&ct=5
How can someone comprehend treating animals like this?
Having read the whole article and being absolutely stunned by the horrendous treatment some of these animals suffered, I found this part the hardest to swallow:
If charged and found guilty Gray could face a six month prison sentence or a £20,000 fine.
Christ! He won’t do that again, will he?
Nor will anyone dare send out lame horses to race on the track when the BHA are issuing £0 fines and 0 month prison sentences.
http://www.redwings.org.uk/newsrescue86.htm
I’ve donated to this group for many years, they do an outstanding job. All support needed for the saving of the survivors.
One has to wonder though with the apparent number of complaints to the RSPCA prior to today, why there wasn’t some move made a long time ago.
The farm in question is only two miles or so away from my office in Bucks. I’ve already overheard a few people in the bookies next door who feel like driving up there asap and giving Gray and whatever’s left of his family a damn good scragging.
The only real comfort from this episode is that it reads as least as though they’ll be able to save up to around 80 of the remaining emaciated animals from destruction, although that’s clearly going to require a sizeable investment of time and TLC.
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Reading this story sickens me and makes me want to cry. These heartless people must be dealt with and punished severely in my opinion. I hope the surviving animals can be saved and found good homes.
Pete
Nobody seems to be asking the obvious questions – where did all these horses come from and what was the purpose of having them?
If it’s not a riding school or a training stable, why would 80+ horses be gathered together in one place?
AP
Nobody seems to be asking the obvious questions – where did all these horses come from and what was the purpose of having them?
If it’s not a riding school or a training stable, why would 80+ horses be gathered together in one place?
AP
The article points out that they were bought for £1 each and were meant to be sold on as food.
Mike
Sorry Colin, hadn’t noticed you’d already pointed this out, or maybe we posted around the same time.
Mike
Once a horses value goes below it’s meat value it’s on a slippery slope; better for an owner to have an animal put down perhaps than just sell it on not knowing where it’s going to end up….I thought we were going to ban the export of live horses to the continent; has this not happened?
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Nobody seems to be asking the obvious questions – where did all these horses come from and what was the purpose of having them?
APGood question AP.
Another one raised by ITN’s lunchtime news – Why does the racing industry produce 17,000 foals a year, when only 1/3rd of them ever reach the racecourse? And what happens to the rest of them?Given that Mr Gray is part of the beloved ‘travelling community’, is there really any point fining him?
Nobody seems to be asking the obvious questions – where did all these horses come from and what was the purpose of having them?
APGood question AP.
Another one raised by ITN’s lunchtime news – Why does the racing industry produce 17,000 foals a year, when only 1/3rd of them ever reach the racecourse? And what happens to the rest of them?Read the Tony Morris article in the latest edition of pacemaker, that will give you a clear indication reet.
JohnJ
I read (somehwhere
), that the only time he whinged was when his ‘prize thoroughbred’ was taken away, the only horse of significant monetary value.
Perhaps a racehorse?Words cannot describe how I feel – well certainly not words that can be repeated here anyway. I needed 24 hours before I posted anything because yesterday I probably would have posted what I really felt and ended being thrown off the forum.
I sincerely hope there were no ex-racehorses there. If there were I hope they can be identified and the owners named and shamed.
When anyone sells a horse they have lost the control regarding its well-being. The film Black Beauty relates what can happen. So it’s pointless getting back to previous owners.
Nor does every horse owner wish to keep an animal thro’ till its later years.
The only way to control this situation is with legislation. I wonder how many of the animals in question had Passports – which I understand is mandatory.
Fine this guy about £450k, taking his assets if necessary.
Backing two runners is the relentless pursuit of value. Backing each way is a shortcut to the poor house. Only 7% make a long term profit.
), that the only time he whinged was when his ‘prize thoroughbred’ was taken away, the only horse of significant monetary value.
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